Category: Celebrities

Keanu Reeves rode a bicycle

A teenage Keanu Reeves plays a road bike racer in this 1980 Coca Cola commercial.



Is that Belov at the finish line with him?

Via Janeen McCrae.

This ad, which features a dad coaching and encouraging his son, reminds me of this novel by Marin County psychologist Ross Goldstein. It’s the story of a pro cyclist who gets sick of the drug scandals and quits until his dad encourages him to take up the sport again. I’ve read the story and it’s a good read; I’ll post up a bigger review soon. In the meantime, you can learn more at the author’s web site.

Update: I see now that Bike Hugger posted on this nearly two weeks ago.

Seth Godin rides a bicycle

Marketing guru Seth Godin rides a “truly weird recumbent bicycle” and thinks deep thoughts about waving to himself.

I see bus drivers wave at each other all of the time in Santa Cruz and San Jose. In Texas, it’s common for people out on rural two lanes to raise a salute from their pickup trucks as they pass.

It’s all very tribal, isn’t it?

I sometimes wave, I sometimes don’t. How about you?